The Slave I and Bossk, which were the main two reasons I wanted the set, are both amazing. Another great "big" upgrade vehicle from Hasbro I think - and it really makes me want an ESB version even more now. Hopefully this does well enough to warrant that next year or beyond. I was surprised at how much larger this version is than the AOTC one, quite a difference. Now, bring on Boba's version!

I had $15 in coupons/TRU rewards burning a hole in my pocket, so I decided to pick up this set tonight at TRU.

Just got done cracking into the box and I have to say "ditto" to what Brian said. The new Slave I is a great upgrade. After goofing around with it for a little while, I'm already jonesing for an ESB repaint. CW Bossk is a fantastic figure too by the way - SA Lizard bad-assery all around.

I may end up selling off the Mace/Droid/Ship to recoup some cash, but for now I'm really digging the set despite the high price.

This pack (and a possible ESB repaint) was mentioned in that TF.N collecting podcast as well, and although DePriest did give the usual "we'll have to see how the current set does" line, he also said that they didn't have it slotted in at all and with their line planning lead time, it would be "a few years off" at least. Hopefully it will get made eventually, and sooner rather than later. I still wish they would have started with the ESB version . It does make me wonder what the potential "big item" for 2011 could be, but I guess that's a topic for another thread.

I caved and bought this as well last week. The Slave One is pretty damn awesome, but I still hate the format forcing one to fork over more than a hundred bucks to get it. At least I already sold everything else in the set to a local collector.

Well, I'm probably what you'd consider a pretty hard core astrdroid collector, and I haven't gotten this set yet, so if anyone has picked it up and wants to unload the droid, drop me a line. I don't have any interest in another Slave (biggerish or not), have enough JSFs, and don't do any of the animated line except for the droids.

Check your newspaper today for the weekly TRU ad - in most markets, the ad has a "$10 gift card with $75+ purchase" coupon on the front page. In addition, the ad shows the Rise of Fett box set on sale for just $89.99 and the exclusive CW Nikto Guard is free with $30+ purchase.

If you clip that coupon and then print one of the "$5 off $25+ purchase" coupons (NOTE: today is the last day for this coupon), you can get yourself the Rise of Fett Slave I box set, a free CW Nikto Guard, and a $10 gift card for just $85 plus tax today.

Went ahead and returned my Nikto Guard and Slave 1 UBP today at TRU to take advantage of the deals. They were totally cool about it. Got around $27 back total, not too shabby. (The original price on my UBP was $105, not the $99 it is listed for now)

Jeff, thanks for the tip. Kinda bummed I missed on the gift card, but I'm sure it will come around again.

Went ahead and returned my Nikto Guard and Slave 1 UBP today at TRU to take advantage of the deals. They were totally cool about it. Got around $27 back total, not too shabby. (The original price on my UBP was $105, not the $99 it is listed for now)

Can't you just bring in your receipt to get a price adjustment instead of lugging that stuff back to the store and having to rebuy it?

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Can't you just bring in your receipt to get a price adjustment instead of lugging that stuff back to the store and having to rebuy it?

I think probably if you just wanted the price difference back on the UBP, that would be no problem. Mine was a little messier because I wanted my money back for the Nikto Guard, which was on a separate ticket, and then in order to get it free they had to ring up the UBP again. Or something like that.

This actually worked to my advantage though, because I was able to exchange the UBP I had purchased weeks ago for one with a slightly mintier box with a much less bendy Bossk weapon.